Games Of Chess Poem by Tom Billsborough
Games Of Chess
I watch as she moves.
I see potential mate. No!
Queen's gambit. Headache!
I'm the Winter King.
In Prague between two castles
My Queen? A Czech mate.
hence two castles.
Fortunately I left a message to myself that I wanted to give you a 10 on this poem but the whatchacallit was down, MIA, or vacationing off the Riviera..... so I ran across [tripped actually] over my to-do-note today SO I am now giving you a 10 if the stupid server thingee is up and doing what it ought to do!
Did the same this morning with one of your fellow Americans. Darn good poem it was too. Amended my error! I think sometimes PH takes us back to Home Page by mistake. I must remember to put more water in my whisky in future!
Is it gamit not gambit or a typo? My wife and I have a shared bank account. Would that make her a checkmate?
Gambit. It's that typist again. Will correct, thanks. Love the checkmate quip! Yes. We don't but I try to keep her in Check.
I keep getting sent to a silly page that goes nowhere today. I can only reach people on my favourites lists and those I've exchanged messages with. Just a thought. How about PH and a Fool's mate! mmmm.
You had to, didn't you? A Czech mate.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Your sense of humor cracks me up. This poem, is very good as a stand-up serious poem - - my Father and Uncle and brother played chess against each other and it was NEVER a GAME- -it was blood-and-guts, destroy the opposing forces by a steel hand. I loved how you tied this game of chess to history..... do you realize you could teach history this way- - and I bet it would stick to the student's bones as regular history teachings do not! ! ! ! A 10! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/23/2024 5:56:14 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Tom, I love the poem, especially the Czech Mate pun. I love the game of chess (I have 16 chess poems and about that many chess sets and boards) , and I also love puns. Thanks for posting this!
The chess poems can all be found together under the titles Chess Poem 1, Chess Poem 2, etc.
You and my brother would get on famously. He's a chess fanatic and has played board one for three different English Counties and taken part in the odd International event. I try to avoid playing him as I usually get slaughtered. Mind you he can't beat me at table tennis! You'll have to let me know the titles of some of your Chess poems and I'll look them up.